What you should know

 

Name: Rev’d Alan J ThomasMe

 

Occupation:

Retired

 

Education

College: Spurgeon’s, London

Studied:Pastoral psychology and sociology; business studies

 

College: University of Sunderland, Hartlepool College.

Studied: Certificate of education (further education)

 

University: DMU, Leicester.

Studied: Parenting studies

 

Other studies: NVQs in: learning and development; coaching; mentoring; tutoring; assessors; information, advice and guidance.

 

OCN Progression awards in: theory of team building skills; using teamwork skills; developing leadership skills; developing presentation skills.

 

SFEDI approved assessor for Investors In People

 

A northerner by birth, now living in Leicestershire.

 

Family:

Married to the lovely Jane. Love being married to Jane.

Proud of my 2 daughters, Helen & Lindsay. Helen's partner is Lee, and Lindsay’s husband is Stephen. Both great guys.

Also 2 great stepsons Matt (married to Tory) and Nick (and Jo his partner).

We have six lovely granddaughters: Aimee and Chloe to Matt and Tory; Sophie and Lucy to Lindsay and Stephen; and Annabelle and Imogen to Nick and Jo.

 

Not forgetting, of course, Elaine (my sister), John (her hubby) and Carol my neice who is married to Adrian and their two sons, Jacob and Matthew.

 

Finally there are the families of my 2 uncles - Alan and Fred.

Lindsay

 

 

 

 

Sport:

Football; and I mean football UK style. I like to see how Newcastle are doing but as I have never seen them live I hesitate to call myself a fan (but I don’t like them losing at all!)

 

Rugby; no team in particular, however Leicester Tigers are close to getting my affection.

 

American Football does interest me, especially the New York Giants since I visited New York in 1984.

 

Cricket; I prefer the one day internationals and prefer Durham to win.

 

Squash; although I haven’t played for a while, I love the game.

 

Table Tennis; still got a bit of talent when I get the chance to play.

 

 

Favourite Holiday Spot:

Bamburgh, Northumberland, UK (picture below)

 

Personal Motto:

“A moments embarrassment is better than a lifetime of ignorance.”